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    Soledad Barrio Analysis

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    foreshadowing the intimate duets to come. In Íntimo‚ Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca utilized opposition to explore the inner workings of relationships within flamenco; throughout the performance‚ Barrio’s interactions with other company members held elements of struggle or resistance. Early on‚ dancer Soledad Barrio performed a passionate duet with guitarist Salva De María that explored an important element of flamenco: the

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    Ashir Mirza 4/23/2012 LST 303 The class has broadened my thinking process quite a bit now since the beginning of class. The Oral presentation on gentrification in El barrio has changed my outlook on how communities in the united states are being manipulated to change because of the area they live in and how that area is in need of change but not for the betterment of the people that live in that community but for the investors and other people that are trying to move in to change the demographics

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    Barrio Boy Analysis

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    anything can or does undertake a mission. Ernesto Galarza had to undertake the mission of learning the English language.Ernesto moved from Mexico to The United States. He had trouble learning English up until Miss. Ryan helped him. In the excerpt Barrio Boy in paragraph 13 it says‚ “...‚No less shining than mine the day I conquered “butterfly” which I had been persistently pronouncing in standard Spanish as boo-tee-flee.” Have you ever had to cross the border to save

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    El Tonto Del Barrio

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    “El Tonto Del Barrio” Humbleness and charity towards one another is one of the lessons “El Tonto del Barrio” illustrates to the readers through the protagonist of the story‚ Romero Estrado. The story begins describing with very specific details the life of “El Cotorro” or Romero. Mr. Armas continues the story inviting all of the people from “El Barrio” to come along in the story to show their influence in the life of Romero. What happens in the story‚ Mr. Romero seems to be the happiest person

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    Have you ever read the short memoirs; “Barrio Boy” and “No Gumption”? If you have read the memoirs‚ do you ever wonder what the differences and the similarities are in between these two very well written books? There are many differences and similarities about the books “Barrio Boy” and “No Gumption”. We can take into account that the obvious similarities between the two memoirs is that they are written in first person narration and about conquering your difficulties. Ernesto Galarza and Russell

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    While reading From the Barrio to the Academy‚ by Laura Rendon‚ I made a couple of connections between my journey and that of the author. The first common parallel was about how we had to separate ties with the past to be successful. I’m not really fluent in my language‚ Vietnamese. I knew way more Vietnamese words when I was a child. While growing up‚ I kept on learning and practicing English‚ but I never really practice Vietnamese. I cannot have full on conversations with my grandma or Dad anymore

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    to achieve a goal or undertake a mission. For example some of the story I will be discussing are The barrio Boy ‚ The king of mazy and Call of the Klondike these story all involve a character undertaking a mission to gain or achieve something. The call of Klondike and The king of Mazy are very similar. The barrio boy is different from both The call of klondike and The king of Mazy The barrio boy is about Ernesto Galarza a mexican-american boy who came to the United States for a better education

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    Juggling Ethics in El Barrio Anthropologists‚ being scientists whom deal with humans and their society‚ commonly find themselves at ethical crossroads. However‚ the ethical responsibilities and challenges that anthropologists face are multi-dimensional in the sense that they include all aspects of society. Anthropologists must take into account the ethical responsibilities he or she has for himself/herself‚ the people he/she is working with‚ the general public‚ and‚ in certain cases‚ for his or

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    Fixing the Broken “El Tonto del Barrio” tells the story of Romero‚ a man who has an exclusive arrangement in the Golden Heights Centro. Romero sweeps the sidewalks and the barrio gives him handouts‚ which helps balance the community in a systematic way. Could a nonessential improvement be enough to upset the balance of this community? In the short story “El Tonto Del Barrio‚” author Jose Armas intertwines conflict and irony to show readers that one should not fix something that is not broken (896-901)

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    reasons for wanting to undertake a mission. Like in Barrio Boy‚ it says Ernesto wants to learn how to be a good American‚ and in ¨Apollo 13¨ it says they want to make it home safely.Both are determined to complete their mission. Ernesto and the astronauts used different methods to reach their goal.So the reasons of their survival is determination. Ernesto Galarza is determined to learn english and become a good American. In paragraph 13 of Barrio Boy it says “I was soon able to match Ito’s progress

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